Validation of Methods in the MARSAIS Toolkit

Method: Models to retrieve wind speed from σ0

Verification requirements:

CMOD4 and derivative models relating wind speed to σ0.

Documentation:

Wind speeds from SAR Verifying SAR wind speed algorithms Validating data products Published literature - Stoffelen and Anderson, 1993; 1997a; b; Quilfen et al., 1998.
 

Method: Models of sea state from SAR

Verification requirements:

Accuracy of wave spectra & wind vector models.

Documentation:

Verifying models for generating SAR image spectra Validating SAR wave products Published literature - Chapron et al., 2001.
 

Method: Models of current gradients - σ0 interactions

Verification requirements:

"Forward model". Profiles of σ0 for known currents.

Documentation:

Verification of the forward SAR imaging model Quality assessment of the inverse model algorithms
 

Method: Oil slick models

Verification requirements:

(i) oil slick detection method, and (ii) oil slick transport models.

Documentation:

Oil spill detection Oil slick transport